Formal education, organised leisure, and informal discourse in Basque: improving the linguistic proficiency of new speakers and fostering motivation and attachment to the language.
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| Title: | Formal education, organised leisure, and informal discourse in Basque: improving the linguistic proficiency of new speakers and fostering motivation and attachment to the language. |
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| Authors: | Guirado, Odei1 (AUTHOR) odei.guirado@ehu.eus, Miguelena, Joana1 (AUTHOR), Dosil-Santamaria, Maria1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Language, Culture & Curriculum. Dec2025, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p504-521. 18p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Educational intervention, *Intimacy (Psychology), *Communicative competence, *Second language acquisition, *Leisure, *Motivation (Psychology), Basque language, Sociolinguistics |
| Geographic Terms: | Spain |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the impact of educational interventions to target informal speech development in Basque, a minority language in northern Spain, and in the south of France. We explore how structured leisure, games, and recreational activities – both inside and outside the classroom – can serve as effective pedagogical tools and foster motivation and attachment to the language. Employing a quantitative methodology, the study involved 5th-year primary school students from the Basque Autonomous Community (Bizkaia, Alava, and Gipuzkoa) and the Autonomous Community of Navarra (n = 208). Statistical analysis of the results indicates the interventions had a positive impact on motivation and emotional attachment to Basque. Statistically significant differences were observed between students from different sociolinguistic contexts. Distinctions were also found between those with Basque as their first language (L1) and those acquiring it as a second (L2) or third language (L3). Despite these contrasts, the interventions effectively supported language acquisition for new speakers and were also beneficial for students from predominantly Spanish-speaking environments. The findings suggest that these interventions not only increased linguistic knowledge and resources but also reduced communicative anxiety, strengthened linguistic awareness, fostered a sense of community, and created positive emotional learning experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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